Drawings
- AutoCAD Set Design DWG File
- PDF Plate 1 Groundplan
- PDF Plate 2 Section
- PDF Plate 3 Screens and Profiles
- PDF Plate 4 Pullman Sleeper Car
| Act I | |
| Scene | |
| Overture | Voices of kids in darkness |
| 1 | Stage of the 42nd-Stree Theatre, NY |
| 2 | The Gypsy Tea Kettle, restaurant |
| 3 | Stage of the 42nd Street Theatre |
| 4 | Dorothy Brock’s Dressing Room |
| 5 | Stage of the 42nd Street Theatre |
| 6 | Stage of the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia. PRETTY LADY “Maison des Dames” exterior and interior |
| 7 | The Regency Hotl, Phildalphia. A duplex set: Dorothy Brock’s room above, Regency Club with bar is below. |
| 8 | PRETTY LADY, Opening Night, Philadelphia |
| Act II | |
| 1 | Outside of the Stage Door, Arch Street Theatre |
| 2 | Voices of the Kids in darkness; TheKids Dressing Rooms, a three-tiered unit |
| 3 | Outside of the Stage Door, Arch Street Theatre |
| 4 | Broad Street Station, Phladelphia. The Train platform with two staircases, leading down from the Main Hall Above |
| 5 | Backstage, the Forty-Second Street Theatre, New York |
| 6 | Peggy Sawyer’s Dressing Room |
| 7 | PRETTY LADY: Cross-secion of a Pullman Car with curtained berths. Full-stage – behind a dark scrim. Full Stage – Glittering Marquees of 42nd Street |
| 8 | On Stage, immediately following the performance |
The 1932 Film
Bradford Ropes wrote in 1932 that America was still waiting for the “Uncle Tom’s Cabin of the chorus girl.” (The Great American Songbooks: Musical Texts, Modernism, and the Value of Popular Culture)
The 1933 film was racey and edgy, especially for that era. The cinematrography was done almost completely from low angles, strange angles, and with obstructred views. The crowded, obstructed, chaotic nature of what we do in show business was evident. Shots in the theatre were almost never straight-on from the audience perspective. They were from the elevated fly rail, or from the wings, or from the chorus line with fabric-covered audience seats in view in the house. It was immersive and put us into the minds of the performers. There was a deliberate effort to bring the audience backstage in both charming and uncomfortable ways.
